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No 357,418. Patented Feb. 8, 1887.

NrrED STATES PATENT 'FFICEO JOSEPH J. SELDNER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 357,418, dated February8, 1887.

Application filed July 9, 1886. Serial No. 207,575. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:'

Be it known that I, J osEPH J. SELDNER, of Baltimore, in the State ofMaryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gaps; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin theart to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which form part of this specificatlon.

My invention relates to an improvement in caps; and it consists in a capwhich has an elastic piece inserted at any suitable point, so as toadapt the cap to fit heads of different sizes, as will be more fullydescribed herein after.

The object of my invention is to produce a cap which is especiallydesigned to be worn by travelers, and which is made elastic, so thatpractically only one size need ever be made, but which size is adaptedto fitall heads within a given capacity.

Figures 1 and 2 represent side elevations of different-shaped capsembodying my invention.

A represents a traveling-cap, which may be given any shape that may bepreferred, and in one side of which, at any desired point, there isinserted an elastic strip, B, of rubber or any other material that hassufficient elasticity to adapt the cap to fitheads of different sizes.The shape of the cap or the shape of the inserted elastic piece isimmaterial, for this may be varied at will. The cap being made elasticin size, one size will fit the heads of men and large-sized boys,andthus practically only one size of cap need ever be made. Should asmaller size be desired for children,a second size will be made. Onesize, however, will practically be all that is needed.

Heretofore in selling these traveling-caps upon trains, boats, or shipsit has been difficult to always supply just the size desired. By

inserting an elastic strip, as here shown, inthe 4 5 side of the cap,the cap is made adjustable, so

as to fit heads of all sizes within a-given capac'ity.

I am aware that a knit cap composed of a number of sections havingparallel sides and tapering tops is not new, and this I disclaim. Myinvention differs from this in taking a cap made of any non-elasticwoven material and inserting in one side a section of rubber cloth,

whereby the cap is made adjustable in size, so

as to fit different-sized heads.

I am also aware that coiled and rubber springs have been inserted in theband of a cap, and this I also disclaim. My invention dif fers from thisin the use of rubber cloth, which 50 extends from the lower edge to thetop of the cap,tl ius causing every part of the cap on that side tostretch alike, and causing the cap to form a tightfitover the wholetopof the head,

adapting it especially for the use of travelers on the cars, where theordinary hat or cap is liableto be blown away."

Having thus described my invention, I claim-1 A cap, A, made. from anon-elastic material JOSEPH J. SELDNER.

\Vitnesses:

ALLEN S. PATTISON, F. A. LEHMANN.

